bit of metal

collocation in English

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bit
noun[C]
uk
/bɪt/us
/bɪt/
informal
a small piece or amount ...
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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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(Definition ofbitandmetalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We should have to take everybitofmetalwe have in the country to get munitions for anything of that sort.
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The reason might be a production fault in the tyre or abitofmetallying on the motorway.
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He points them at strange things, which reflect light as well - at bits of metal fabric and sequins.
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On closure, a few sparks, like those from a flint-and-steel, may appear as a tinybitofmetalis heated by friction to incandescence, melted, and thrown off.
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Bits of metal dropped into the reactors's coolant circuits, but a test was postponed.
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We were told off by our parents because the dining room or drawing room was full of wires and bits of metal.
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The idea of a street having "a look" has been abandoned to the vandalism of random bits of metal and concrete.
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The grass verge became a sorting ground for old car bodies, fridges, and bits of metal.
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Value is now added by brains, not brawn; by inspiration, not perspiration; by bytes of memory, not bits of metal.
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If, when driving a car, one is involved in a collision, usually all that is damaged is bits of metal and it may be that no one is hurt.
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Such objects often end up in the scrap metal industry, as people mistake them for harmless bits of metal.
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The trees were shredded, with reddened trunks encrusted with bits of metal.
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Some of which are: dust, dirt, residue from soldering, small bits of metal from cutting, and oxidized metal from the tubing.
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All that remains of the trestle is a single rail suspended precariously across the chasm, as well as ashes and bits of metal beneath.
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Old heroes had bits of metal "outside" them (knights), but modern heroes have bits of metal "inside" them.
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Sputtering occurred when ionized particles struck an electrode and tore off bits of metal.
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